The Origin of 3-Piece Sectional

When I was stationed at Osan Air Base, South Korea as an active duty airman in the Air Force, I had the pleasure of meeting two of the best friends anyone could ever meet; Bob Orsi Jr. and Scott Russell. Also, part of our posse was a great guy that after our one year tour at Osan, we all lost track of; Alex Torrez. Anyway, while there we had rented this apartment which was located in the town outside the base, which was a really cool pad. The place was located above our landlord and we had a great view of the town, errrr benjo ditches. The thing about living off base was that the furniture that you got was odds and ends from the base that you checked out and once your assignment was over you had to return. This furniture was the most basic of furniture and our living room consisted of two wooden chairs, a coffee table, and a TV with a VCR (this was in 1992-1993; pre-DVD). Of course the TV/VCR was brought from home and we owned that. Ok, so get the picture, two wooden chairs being that the armrests were made of wood and the only non-wood part was the cushions which were made of a hard plastic. Not too comfortable.

Ok, Ok, ok...getting to the origin. One night, not too sure why, this was 16 years ago, but I found myself home early and Bob, Scott, and Alex were still out on the town living it up. Actually, I don't think Scott was there. He might have been on his mid-tour back to the states. So, I go to bed and when I wake up the next morning and walk out into the living room...there's a couch. Everyone is in bed, but being the way we were, I shouted out, "Hey, where did we get the couch?" And from another room I hear Bob shout back, "It's a 3-Piece Sectional!"